................................Really what it says in the heading. I will play with this from time to time. A mixture of education and domestic ...............................observations.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Lest We Forget

As America starts to build an appropriate national education and skills system . We should reflect on what we take too much for granted in UK and in Scotland.

The aim

for example, a welder would be able to leave a community college with a standard certificate that employers in shipbuilding, computer building or car manufacturing could recognize as a proof of the welder's skill set.

Is one that our system addressed a long tme ago.

There is always room for improvement , we do have a system that encourages transferable skills and life long learning and export this with a high level of success to both the developed and developing world.
We should do a bit more to celebrate this.